Lifetimes of Achievement awards to be presented

EXAMINER STAFF REPORT

Published 4:00 am, Friday, May 29, 1998

SIX PENINSULA men and women, all more than 70 years of age, will be honored on Sunday for contributions they have made throughout their lives in professional and community service. Lifetimes of Achievement awards will be bestowed at a reception sponsored by the Senior Coordinating Council of the Palo Alto Area (SCC).

The reception on Sunday will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Palo Alto home and garden of Nancy Mueller, a SCC board member and founder of Nancy'sSpecialty Foods. Hors d'oeuvres, wine and other beverages will be served, and there will be musical entertainment.

* Cleo Eulau, a renowned authority in the field of psychiatric social work, began her career after graduating from Hunter College in her native New York City and then earning a master's degree in clinical social work from Smith College. Since arriving at Stanford with her husband, Heinz, in the late 1950s, Eulau has maintained professional and volunteer associations with Family Service of the Mid-Peninsula and has held a variety of administrative, teaching and training positions at Stanford's medical school and children's hospital.

In addition to those endeavors and an active private practice, Eulau volunteers with the Children's Health Council and KARA, a grief counseling service. The Eulaus have two children and three grandchildren.

* Rose Kleiner, who grew up in a small Polish village, was raised with a tradition of respect for the elderly. And her career and community service have reflected the values imparted to her as a child. After earning a master's degree in social work with an emphasis on gerontology from U.C.-Berkeley, she became the first program director of the SCC's Senior Day Health Program. She later went on to found Older Adults Care Management.

Rose Kleiner and her husband, Silicon Valley pioneer Eugene Kleiner, have lived on the Peninsula since 1956 and reside in Los Altos Hills.

* Jing Lyman likes to describe herself as a "social entrepreneur," a "career volunteer," a "community builder" and "a pump primer." But even those colorful phrases barely begin to portray the energy, enthusiasm, organizational skills and prolific activities that have characterized her remarkable life.

Known as well nationally and internationally as she is locally, Lyman has spent her entire adult life working on issues such as fair and affordable housing, economic advancement for women and minorities, leadership and diversity and community problem-solving. She is among the founders of Mid-Peninsula Citizens for Fair Housing and the Women's Resource Center (now Career Action Center).

A Philadelphia native and Swarthmore graduate with New England roots, Lyman has resided in the Palo Alto area since 1958. She and her husband, former Stanford President Richard W. Lyman, have four children and four grandchildren.

"Conservation Piece" program for the past nine years and has interviewed upward of 360 local personalities ranging from William Hewlett to Kristin Folkl. His

"post-retirement" career on the program has introduced him to many fascinating members of the Mid-Peninsula community.

A native of a small Ohio River town near Pittsburgh, Miller was introduced to the Bay Area while stationed in Alameda as a fighter pilot during World War II. In 1948, he went to work for a Palo Alto insurance firm, Miller & Mathewson, where he stayed for 37 years. He co-founded the Junior Chamber of Commerce and later served as president of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Miller was also instrumental in creating the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course.

A devoted husband, father and grandfather, Miller cherishes the challenging but less hectic pace his

"retirement" has afforded him. "There's more time for reflection, and I love having flexibility of time," he smiles. "It's better than money."

* John Rice has played the roles of pastor, counselor, educator, activist, mentor, husband and father in the 74 years since his birth in Baton Rouge, La.

Speaking with Dr. Rice about his life and work is like taking a long, steady journey that transcends time and geography. From his labor of love as a Presbyterian minister and guidance counselor in the South to his current efforts at mentoring promising children in East Palo Alto, Rice has been driven by a powerful desire to help change lives for the better. That desire is certainly evident in the achievements of his only child, Stanford's Provost Condoleezza Rice.

"We want to be sure that the kids who truly can exceed get the help they need," he says. "We don't want them to fall through the cracks."

* Hans Wolf, a onetime senior executive with Texas Instruments who retired as vice chairman of Syntex Corp. in 1993, says "Business is one aspect of my life, but community service is very important. I am a person who has been very, very lucky . . . and I feel an obligation to help other people."

From his days as a Cub Scout leader and school board member in Massachusetts to his two-decades with the Children's Health Council in Palo Alto, Wolf has left as indelible a mark on the community as he has on the corporate world. His numerous and diverse interests are reflected in the organizations and institutions, in addition to the CHC, that have reaped the benefits of his leadership and advocacy: the World Affairs Council, the Tech Museum of Innovation and the Pacific School of Religion.

A native of Frankfurt, Germany, Wolf moved with his family to New York City in 1936. His father, still living at 98, had been the editor of a leading anti-Nazi newspaper. Wolf went on to graduate from Harvard, Oxford and Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have lived in Palo Alto nearly 23 years. They have four children and two grandchildren.

The Lifetimes of Achievement reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Palo Alto home of Nancy Mueller. Tickets are $60, $100 or $150, with proceeds benefiting the SCC's services for older adults and caregivers. The SCC is a nonprofit agency. For more information or for tickets, call the SCC offices at 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Telephone: (650) 326-5362, ext. 47.&lt;